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Ziaei S S, Kamali Z, Dashti S, Fathi Najafi T. Motivational Messaging Through Social Media on Resilience of Iranian Midwives During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Psychoeducation Interventional Study. J Research Health 2025; 15 (1) :7-7
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1- Institute for Islamic Studies in Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2- Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Neyshabour University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabour, Iran.
3- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
4- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. ,Fathinajafi7680@gmail.com
2- Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Neyshabour University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabour, Iran.
3- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
4- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. ,
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Background: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a great global health problem. It has also affected mental healthcare providers especially nurses and midwives. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the resilience of Iranian midwives and the effectiveness of daily motivational messages through the WhatsApp messenger in improving resilience.
Methods: A psychoeducational intervention study with control group was conducted on 362 midwives who were on duty in Iran during 2021. The samples were selected from the national midwifery telegram group and the data was collected through Google form. The tools used included the checklist of demographic characteristics and the tool of Davidson's Resilience Questionnaire, whose validity and reliability have been determined in the Persian version. The Persian version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was filled for all participants at baseline and at the end of the study. The intervention group received daily motivational messages via WhatsApp for 43 days. Motivational messages were based on Quranic messages and hadiths were sent daily. Data was analyzed with the SPSS (16) software and using the paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square test and Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient tests. .
Results: 362 midwives participated during 2021. There was no significant difference in terms of personal characteristics between the groups at baseline (p>0.05). After the intervention the resilience score increased significantly in the intervention group (p=0.002).
Conclusions: Motivational massaging via social media could be effective in increasing resilience among healthcare workers in stressful conditions including disease epidemics.
Methods: A psychoeducational intervention study with control group was conducted on 362 midwives who were on duty in Iran during 2021. The samples were selected from the national midwifery telegram group and the data was collected through Google form. The tools used included the checklist of demographic characteristics and the tool of Davidson's Resilience Questionnaire, whose validity and reliability have been determined in the Persian version. The Persian version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was filled for all participants at baseline and at the end of the study. The intervention group received daily motivational messages via WhatsApp for 43 days. Motivational messages were based on Quranic messages and hadiths were sent daily. Data was analyzed with the SPSS (16) software and using the paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square test and Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient tests. .
Results: 362 midwives participated during 2021. There was no significant difference in terms of personal characteristics between the groups at baseline (p>0.05). After the intervention the resilience score increased significantly in the intervention group (p=0.002).
Conclusions: Motivational massaging via social media could be effective in increasing resilience among healthcare workers in stressful conditions including disease epidemics.
Type of Study: Orginal Article |
Subject:
● Psychosocial Health
Received: 2024/07/21 | Accepted: 2024/09/3 | Published: 2025/01/25
Received: 2024/07/21 | Accepted: 2024/09/3 | Published: 2025/01/25
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